board game

Noun
  1. A game played on a specially designed board (synset 100503426)
    associated with: promote - be changed for a superior chess or checker piece
    is a type of: parlor game, parlour game - a game suitable for playing in a parlor
    subtypes:
    • scrabble - a board game in which words are formed from letters in patterns similar to a crossword puzzle; each letter has a value and those values are used to score the game
    • backgammon - a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
    • checkers, draughts - a checkerboard game for two players who each have 12 pieces; the object is to jump over and so capture the opponent's pieces
    • chess, chess game - a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king
    • chinese checkers, chinese chequers - a board game in which each player tries to move a set of marbles through a set of holes from one point of a six-pointed star to the opposite point
    • darts - a game in which small pointed missiles are thrown at a dartboard
    • go, go game - a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
    • halma - a board game in which players try to move their pieces into their opponent's bases
    • beano, bingo, keno, lotto - a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
    • ludo - a simple board game in which players move counters according to the throw of dice
    • mah-jongg, mahjong - Chinese game played by 4 people with 144 tiles
    • monopoly - a board game in which players try to gain a monopoly on real estate as pieces advance around the board according to the throw of a die
    • pachisi, parchesi, parchisi - an ancient board game resembling backgammon; played on a cross-shaped board
    • shove-ha'penny, shove-halfpenny, shovel board - a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark
    • snakes and ladders - a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes
    • noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tit-tat-toe - a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does

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